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Julia Child, an American chef, author, and television personality, is known as the 'Matriarch of American Cooking'. Born on August 15, 1912, in Pasadena, California, she passed away on August 13, 2004. Child is renowned for her promotion of French cuisine and her passion for culinary arts. Her works and television shows have greatly influenced the perception of cooking in America.

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Famous Julia Child Quotes

“But my favorite remained the basic roast chicken. What a deceptively simple dish. I had come to believe that one can judge the quality of a cook by his or her roast chicken. Above all, it should taste like chicken: it should be so good that even a perfectly simple, buttery roast should be a delight.”

Food Cooking Cooks Chicken

Book:My Life in France

Source: My Life in France

“The problem for cookery-bookery writers like me is to understand the extent of our readers' experience. I hope have solved that riddle in my books by simply telling everything. The experienced cook will know to skip through the verbiage, but the explanations will be there for those who still need them.”

Knows Needs Stills Book Problem Reader Cooking Like Me Cooks Explanation Riddle Skip Cookery

Author:Julia Child

“One of the important requirements for learning how to cook is that you also learn how to eat.”

Important Cooks Requirements

Book:Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Source: Mastering the Art of French Cooking

“There is nothing nicer than a kitchen really made for a cook. Things that are designed to be used always have an innate beauty.”

Made Used Cooks Kitchen Innate

Author:Julia Child

“The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.”

“You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.”

“This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!”

People Trying Inspiration Fun Mistake Advice Food Cooking Fearless Cooks Having Fun Recipes Learn From Your Mistakes Fun Food Cooks In The Kitchen

Book:My Life in France

Source: My Life in France

“...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.”

Born Cooking Cooks Funny Kitchen

Book:My Life in France

Source: My Life in France

“To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.”

Hard Hard Work Creating Cooking Cooks Good Cook

Author:Julia Child

“I don't believe in twisting yourself into knots of excuses and explanations over the food you make.... Usually one's cooking is better than one thinks it is. And if the food is truly vile...then the cook must simply grit her teeth and bear it with a smile.”

Ifs Thinking Believe Food Bears Cooking Don't Believe Excuse Teeth Cooks Explanation Grit Knots Good Cook

Author:Julia Child

“Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one's mistakes, or live with them, was an important part of becoming a cook.”

Firsts Heart Made Important Courses Mistake Food Becoming My Heart Cooking Broke Cooks Culinary Broke My Heart

Book:My Life in France

Source: My Life in France

“Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.”

Inspirational Passion Sports Peace Leadership Healing Cooking Passionate Enthusiasm Cooks Kitchen Culinary Enjoy Life My Passion

Author:Julia Child

“I think careful cooking is love, don't you? The loveliest thing you can cook for someone who's close to you is about as nice a valentine as you can give.”

Thinking Love Giving Nice Cooking Careful Cooks Culinary Valentine Valentine's Day Cooking And Love

Author:Julia Child

“Life itself is the proper binge.”

Life Food Cooking Cooks Culinary Weight Loss Binge Funny Kitchen

Author:Julia Child

“It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.”

Knows Has Beens Food Cooking Fingers Cooks Over It Culinary Plates Funny Food Fresh Food Chefs Cooking Fun Food

Author:Julia Child

“I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.”

Inspiration Food Cooking Cooks Kitchen Culinary Chef Cooking And Eating Home Cooking Chefs Cooking Funny Kitchen

Author:Julia Child

“You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.”

Knows Seasons Slave Cooks Recipes Be A Slave

Author:Julia Child

“Noncooks think it's silly to invest two hours' work in two minutes' enjoyment; but if cooking is evanescent, so is the ballet.”

Ifs Thinking Two Women Hours Work Minutes Food Cooking Silly Cooks Memorable Enjoyment Ballet Home Cooking

Book:Julia Child & more company

Source: Julia Child & more company

“Too much trouble,' 'Too expensive,' or 'Who will know the difference' are death knells for good food. ... Cooking is not a particularly difficult art, and the more you cook and learn about cooking, the more sense it makes.”

Knows Art Difficult Differences Too Much Trouble Cooking Cooks Expensive Good Food

Book:Mastering the Art of French Cooking

Source: Mastering the Art of French Cooking

“Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook.”

Done Certain Television Amount Cooks Bakers Pastries Generalists

Author:Julia Child

“You have to eat to cook. You can't be a good cook and be a noneater. I think eating is the secret to good cooking.”

Thinking Secret Food Eating Cooking Cooks Good Cook

Author:Julia Child

“Learn how to cook! That's the way to save money. You don't save it buying hamburger helpers, and prepared foods; you save it by buying fresh foods in season or in large supply, when they are cheapest and usually best, and you prepare them from scratch at home. Why pay for someone else's work, when if you know how to do it, you can save all that money for yourself?”

Ifs Knows Way Home Pay Know How Seasons Prepared Cooks Buying Scratches Saving Money Hamburgers Helpers Fresh Food

Author:Julia Child

“If you're not ready to fail, you're not going to learn how to cook.”

Ifs Failing Ready Cooks Not Ready

Author:Julia Child

“Good french cooking cannot be produced by a zombie cook.”

Cooking Cooks Zombie Delicious Food French Cooking Good French

Author:Julia Child

“Be a fearless cook! Try out new ideas and new recipes, but always buy the freshest and finest ingredients, whatever they may be. Furnish your kitchen with the most solid and workmanlike equipment you can find. Keep your knives ever sharp and - toujours bon appetit!”

Trying May Ideas Fearless Cooks Kitchen Ingredients Knives New Ideas Finest Equipment Recipes Kitchen Knives

Author:Julia Child

About the Author

Born: August 15, 1912
Died: August 13, 2004
Known for: Chef
Quotes: 203

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